Jane Alexander (born 1974) is a Scottish novelist, visual artist, illustrator, designer, and short story writer originally from

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Life

Alexander studied Illustration at

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and completed a Master of Philosophy in Creative Writing at

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ten years later. She is now pursuing a PhD in Creative Writing at Northumbria University. She released her first novel
The Last Treasure Hunt
'' which was published b
Saraband Books
in 2015 and is called a ‘a modern media morality tale’. Before her first novel, she has also written several short stories. Her short story 'In Yon Green Hill To Dwell' was the winner o
The Fiction Desk Ghost Story Competition
in 2014. Her stories range in audience age from mid-grade to adult. She i
Deputy Programme Director, MSc in Creative Writing
(Online) at the University of Edinburgh and associate lecturer in Creative Writing with the Open University. Alexander is currently based in

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, where she has been living for the past twenty years. She is a member of th
National Association of Writers in Education

Awards

Scottish Arts Council The Scottish Arts Council ( gd, Comhairle Ealain na h-Alba, sco, Scots Airts Cooncil) was a Scottish public body responsible for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland. The Council primarily distributed funding from the ...

(now

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) New Writer’s Award, 2006 *

research grant, 2012
The Fiction Desk Ghost Story Competition
2014 *Current Creative Writing PhD research, funded by Northumbria University

Bibliography

;Short stories *'Candlemaker Row' *'In Yon Green Hill To Dwell' *'Now Here' *'Time-keeping In Public Places' *'Ninety-nine Tae Wan Against' ;Novels *

References

External links

*Jane Alexander'
'The top 10 treasure hunts in fiction' on The GuardianThe Fiction Desk interview on 'In Yon Green Hill To Dwell'
*Jane Alexander's website
janealexander.net
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alexander, Jane Scottish short story writers 21st-century Scottish novelists 21st-century Scottish women writers People associated with Edinburgh 1974 births Living people